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  • When butter is not used, the tres leches is a very light cake, with many air bubbles.

    Blog Challenge: Tres Leches Jessica 2009

  • Head to the new EV Cuban joint for an intricate take on winter 'nog boasting coconut cream, tres leches, El Dorado 12yr Rum, allspice dram, and, capping it all off, an infusion of cigar smoke, a perfect option if you're not feeling up to snuff.

    Thrillist: Hidden Hot Drinking: Hotness By Request Only Thrillist 2010

  • • Prep the fruit and cut the cake shapes for tres leches if serving.

    Daisy’s Holiday Cooking Daisy Martinez 2010

  • What looks like happened to this cake--in the bigger, expanded version--is that the fruit filling yes, tres leches often have FRUIT fillings like strawberries, etc somehow bubbled up from inside the cake.

    Wreck Spotting 2010

  • Head to the new EV Cuban joint for an intricate take on winter 'nog boasting coconut cream, tres leches, El Dorado 12yr Rum, allspice dram, and, capping it all off, an infusion of cigar smoke, a perfect option if you're not feeling up to snuff.

    Thrillist: Hidden Hot Drinking: Hotness By Request Only Thrillist 2010

  • As hard as this may be to believe, I have never made, or even tasted, tres leches.

    Blog Challenge: Tres Leches Jessica 2009

  • Oh and tres leches is a cake made with/soaked in evaporated milk, condensed milk, and cream.

    dulce de leche cheesecake squares | smitten kitchen 2008

  • When I got to St. Augustine I parked near the old city and stopped for lunch at a Cuban cafe where I had black beans and rice and for dessert, tres leches and black as Hades Cuban coffee.

    Darlene's Digest Darlene 2007

  • When I got to St. Augustine I parked near the old city and stopped for lunch at a Cuban cafe where I had black beans and rice and for dessert, tres leches and black as Hades Cuban coffee.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Darlene 2007

  • Photo by Alison Cook For the Mexican crowd they serve tortillas and jalapenos to go with the chicken, along with burritos and tres leches.

    chron.com Chronicle Alison Cook 2011

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